❓ Question regarding ensuring WA and Australian industry participation in the Gorgon project. The Minister's response is largely political, defending the government's role and attacking the opposition, but also provides some data on local content targets and achievements.
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GORGON PROJECT — WESTERN AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY
At a signing ceremony yesterday, we saw the biggest resources project in Australia’s history given the go-ahead. Can the minister outline how the state government will ensure that Western Australian and Australian industry is given full, fair and reasonable opportunity to participate in that project? Mr C.J. BARNETT
At a signing ceremony yesterday, we saw the biggest resources project in Australia’s history given the go-ahead. Can the minister outline how the state government will ensure that Western Australian and Australian industry is given full, fair and reasonable opportunity to participate in that project? Mr C.J. BARNETT
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. The member for Geraldton and other members representing areas in the north of the state will see enormous benefits from this project. Those benefits will spread throughout the Perth metropolitan area. As I said in my brief ministerial statement — Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. The member for Geraldton and other members representing areas in the north of the state will see enormous benefits from this project. Those benefits will spread throughout the Perth metropolitan area. As I said in my brief ministerial statement — Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. The member for Geraldton and other members representing areas in the north of the state will see enormous benefits from this project. Those benefits will spread throughout the Perth metropolitan area. As I said in my brief ministerial statement — Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. The member for Geraldton and other members representing areas in the north of the state will see enormous benefits from this project. Those benefits will spread throughout the Perth metropolitan area. As I said in my brief ministerial statement — Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question. The member for Geraldton and other members representing areas in the north of the state will see enormous benefits from this project. Those benefits will spread throughout the Perth metropolitan area. As I said in my brief ministerial statement — Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do you still believe it is in the wrong place? Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Yesterday was a great day for Western Australia. It was celebrated by the state government, and it was celebrated by the commonwealth government, but who is unhappy? There is only one group of people in Australia who are unhappy, and they are sitting over there! They are grumpy and they are miserable. They hate the fact that this state is going forward. Well, members opposite had a bad day yesterday. I am sorry to say that they have a lot more bad days coming, because there is going to be a lot more good news out of this government. This government does not boast and brag like the former government did. This government rolls up its sleeves and works with industry and gets results. The intensity of effort that has gone into the Gorgon project over the past 12 months has delivered that project for this state. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order! I think the member for Geraldton might like to hear an answer to the question he has asked, and I am sure other people in this place might also. I formally call for the first time the member for Joondalup. Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : In many respects the work began yesterday. Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr M. McGowan : You cannot even keep a straight face! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I was dealing with Gorgon before the member for Rockingham was even in this Parliament! This project has a 30-year history. As I said yesterday, successive state and federal governments have all played their role. But what Labor could never have done is what the Liberal-National government has done over the past 12 months—the absolutely extraordinary intensity on every aspect of this project, driven from my office, with my colleagues and the other ministers involved. Just sit back and watch! Watch and learn! Members opposite need to sit back and watch and learn! The Leader of the Opposition, when he was Minister for State Development, would not even pick up the phone to save the Inpex project! How could he have managed to get Gorgon under way? Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : That is not true, and you know it! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I do know that! That is absolutely true! Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Do not mislead the house! That is not true! Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The then Minister for State Development did not even pick up the phone! He ran out of the office and pretended it was not ringing, because it might be hard! It might be awkward! Everyone knows that the then Minister for State Development did not pick up the phone! Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Tell the truth! Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : I will go on to the question from the member for Geraldton. There will be a peak of 10 000 jobs. There will be ongoing permanent employment of around 3 500. Every state agreement has responsibilities on local content, and that is reflected in the Barrow Island agreement. However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
However, to their credit, the Gorgon joint venturers have been working through the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia and the Industry Capability Network Western Australia for more than two years on alerting Western Australian and Australian business of the opportunities. Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr M. McGowan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Rockingham! Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : To this point, more than 50 per cent of contracts have gone to Western Australia. That number will rise, and we hope that around 70 per cent of the work will be local content. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the opposition hates it. Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper : We support it. Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : The opposition is going to have a dreadful couple of years while this project is being built. Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr F.M. Logan interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Cockburn! Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : I ask the Premier to take his seat. I want to hear the Premier’s answer to the question asked by the member for Geraldton. I do not want to hear any more from the member for Cockburn today. The member for Girrawheen does not have an answer to every question asked in this place. To the member for Mindarie: congratulations on the birth of your daughter. Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr J.R. Quigley : Thank you, Mr Speaker. The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
The SPEAKER : To the member for Cockburn: it is not necessary to continue to interject. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Gorgon also, as a joint venture, went out and basically pre-let contracts so that it was literally true that when the agreements were signed yesterday those contracts became activated, and at the moment they are finalising some $2 billion worth of work. I will give members a flavour of the work, particularly those members who represent the north of the state or who have transport, construction and engineering businesses in their electorates. Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr E.S. Ripper interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, the Dampier common-use supply base will be upgraded and built; there will be investment at the marine complex in the member for Cockburn’s electorate; supply base tugs and barges will be built and leased; there will be transport services; there will be the Barrow Island construction village—the cost of the construction village in itself is about half a billion dollars; road construction will start on Barrow Island for services; site preparation will get underway; and so it goes on. This will be an ongoing construction period over the next four years, and the state government will work with the Gorgon joint venture and will work with CCI and any other business and industry organisations, including regional chambers of commerce in places such as Geraldton and the Karratha region, and the Minister for Regional Development will be totally involved in that. We will make sure that as much work as is humanly possible will flow to Western Australians and Western Australian businesses. Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr Speaker, this will not be the only large project in Western Australia in coming years, but this government will see this project through. We have put the hard yards in and we will work with the joint venturers to maximise the benefits. Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr J.N. Hyde : And on the seventh day he rested! Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Mr Speaker, look at members opposite: such a sad little lot today, are they not? Everyone else is happy, except for members of the Labor Party in Western Australia. No wonder members of the federal Labor Party do not want to know them; I can well understand it, because they are very happy in Canberra about this. Martin Ferguson is happy, Kevin Rudd is happy, they are all happy, but members of the Labor Party in Western Australia are unhappy. They are so unhappy. Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Several members interjected. Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
Mr C.J. BARNETT : Lighten up, Manhattan! Enjoy the moment. It is a great moment in the history of Western Australia. Get on board and be part of it.
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